Small arms target scoring gauge and target



Aug. 24, 1937. .w. J. CHUBB SMALL ARMS TARGET SCORING GAUGE AND TARGETFiled April 3, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet l Aug. 24, 1937. w. J. CHUBB2,090,930

SMALL ARMS TARGET SCORING GAUGE AND TARGET I Filed April 3, 1937 2Sheets-Sheet 2 I WW N x/infauw, w K

Patented Aug. 24, 1937 .UE'EFED STATES PATENT OFFICE SMALL ARMS TARGETSCORING GAUGE AND TARGET 5 Claims.

This invention relates to rifle targets and to scoring devices to beused in connection therewith.

In the use of such targets it has been usual .heretofore to fire a roundof shots at the target and then after obtaining the score to either markoff the holes made by the bullets or pellets in the target or else topaste pieces of paper over the holes so that the target might be usedagain for another round of shots when the same procedure has beenfollowed and this procedure has been continued or repeated until thelines on the target have been obliterated and the target has beenrendered unfit for further use.

Further, it has been usual to evaluate the placements of the shots inaccordance with relation to the center of the target figure. Whilepractice with such targets in most cases results in improvement inmarksmanship it fails to teach the value of selectivity or placement ofshots in the most vital spot in hunting big game, such as moose, deer,mountain goats and similar game.

The present invention has been developed with the foregoingconsiderations in mind and has as its primary objects, considered fromits broader aspects, to provide a target to be shot at by the marksmanin combination with a scoring element to be placed over the target inregistry therewith by the aid of which the score made by the marksmanmay be readily ascertained; to provide an animal target in associationwith such a scoring element which will evaluate the placement of theshots in accordance with their location with respect to the more vitalportions of the particular animals anatomy and thus aid in instructing ahunter where to try to place his shots in the anatomy of the particularanimal he may be shooting at.

Further objects of the invention, considering the same from. a somewhatnarrower aspect, are to provide a target such as has a representation ofan animal with lines drawn or dotted across the body of the animal toindicate the more vital spots of the animals anatomy with charactersindicating the relative values of the areas marked off to teach a novicethe points toshoot for, in association with a scoring element on whichsuch vital areas with their values are repeated; to provide for theproper and definite registry of the scoring element with the target;

' and, to provide as a modified form a scoring eletarget or markingthereof may be repainted after" the same has been partially or in largepart obliterated by repeated use of the target.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a taret with the outline of adeer marked thereon and a diagram on the body of the deer indicating theportions of the deer to be shot at and their relative importance;

Figure 2, a deer target scoring element in front elevation;

Figure 3, a scoring element of Figure 2 as superimposed on Figure 1;

Figure 4, a cat target in front elevation. and showing an additionalregistering means;

Figure 5, a front elevation of a cat target scoring element;

Figure 6, a front elevation of the cat target scoring element of Figure5 as superimposed on Figure 4;

Figure 7, a front elevation of the ordinary bulls-eye target;

Figure 8, a front elevation of a bulls-eye scoring element formed with aplurality of arcuate slots to serve also as a stencil sheet forremarking the lines of the bulls-eye;

Figure 9, a front elevation of the bull's-eye scoring element of Figure8 as imposed on the target of Figure 7;

Figure 10, a front elevation of a target sheet having simply the centerof the bulls-eye marked thereon;

Figure 11, a bulls-eye scoring element to be used in connection orassociation with the center or point target of Figure 10; and

Figure 12, a side elevation of any one of the targets illustrated in anyof the foregoing views and its superimposed scoring element arranged insuperimposed registered relationship therewith and held suspended bymeans of the pins 0 passing through the registering holes G and H in thetarget A and the scoring element B respectively.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, A designates the target and Bthe scoring element or gauge formed of transparent preferably flexiblematerial such as heavy cellophane. The. target A may be formed withperforations G reinforced by adhesively applied paper washers orreinforcements I and will preferably have each end notched out as at M.The scoring element or gauge B will preferably be formed with holes H orperforations H surrounded by adhesively as at N. Preferably the target Aand the scoring element or gauge B will be of the same size and outlineso as to exactly register and preferably the holes G and H will registerto receive supporting or suspending pins 0 driven into a supportingelement X. The superimposed relationship of the target A and the scoringelement 01'' gauge B will serve to registerthe scoring markings of thescoring element B with the target,- either of bulls-eye or animal orother outline, (in the target A. If the suspending pin-s be notemployed, or if they be shot away, then such registration may beobtained .byseeirig that the notches N register with the notches M'ofthe .target A, or if the notches in one or both of these elements bedamaged, such registration may be obtained by seeing that the outline ofthe scoring element B registers with the outline of the target A in theforms shown in Figures 1 to 3,inclusive and 7 to 12 inclusive.

The actual figure C marked upon the target face and to be shot at by themarksman may be the representationoi any animal such as a deer in Figure1 or a cat in Figure 4 or a bull's-eye as in Figure 7 or a center orspot as in Figure 10. The more vital spots of the animals body may bemarked ofi by a diagram or outline as indicated by dotted linesmarkedEin Figure 1 directly on the target A, this diagram beingmarkedoif into sections numbered to give the relative values of theportions of the diagram from the hunters standpoint, the practicallyinstantaneously vital portions being given the highest rating, with thenext most vital areas being given slightly lower rating and so on.

On the scoring element or gauge will be sketched an outline marked offinto subdivisions giving the scores for all shots located within thearea of each subdivision, said sketch being so located on the scoringelement B that when the scoring element B is superimposed upon thetarget A the diagram F will becorrectly located over and with relationto the target or figure C on the target elementA, 'the scoring gauge Bbeing transparent so that the sketch 'or figure C constituting the,actual target on vthe target element A may be seen through-the scoringelement or gauge B. In addition the outline [of the sketch or targetfigure shown on the targetI element A may be indicated in outlineby'either solid or dotted lines D as shown in Figure 2 on the scoringelement or gauge B so that when the scoring element or gauge B issuperimposed upon the target A the dotted outline D of the'target orfigure C sketched thereon will register with the outline of the figure Don the target A andsuch registration, of the figure, either of ananimal, bird or bulls-eye may be usedas a means of registration forproper scoring entirely independent of, any other means] However, suchoutline D on. the scoring element or gauge B'is not essential and it maybe omitted as shown in Figure 5.,

In the form of gauge showndn Figure 5 where the outline of the gauge isdifierent froml that of the, target A both in sizeand configuration,proper registration of the scoring diagram F and the figure C of thetargetelement A maybe ob,- tained by seeing that the lines LL,are inregistry with the corresponding lines of target element A, aswell as byregistration of the holesHH of gauge element B with the holes-GG oftarget element A as suspended or supported byvthe pins 0, or by theregistrationof thel notches N of gauge B with the notchesMofthetargetele-' mentA. l

Also, instead of marking or sketching the s'cdr ing diagram N or oneither surface of the scoring element or gauge B, such scoring diagrammay be formed by cutting interrupted slots through the material of thegauge B to constitutes. stencil so that the lines of the actual target Cof the target element A may be re'chalked or repainted through the slotsof the stencil diagram D, whether such target sketch 0 be in the form ofa bulls-eye as shown in Figure 7, or in the form of a center or spot orpoint as shown in Figure '10, or in the form of an animal with a diagramE indicating the more vital parts of its anatomy dotted thereon asindicated in Figure 1, or simply the outline of an animal C as indicatedin Figure 4, the actual stencil diagram D being made of course inaccordance with the figure and diagram of the particular target oranimal desired.

It is believed that the construction, purpose and mode of use of theinvention in its various forms and as to its various details will befully understood from the foregoing.

I claim:

1. A small arms target having a figure indicated thereon and formed withtwo perforations, said figure having areas marked off from each other,in combination with a transparent scoring gauge to be superposed oversaid target for obtaining the score and formed with two perforations torespectively register with the corresponding perforations in saidtarget, said gauge having indicated thereon a corresponding figure ofthe same size, shape and outline so placed on the gauge as to registerwith the figure on the target when said holes are in registry, saidfigure on the gauge having corresponding areas marked ofi from eachother and symbols appearing on the respective areas on said gaugedenoting the values of the respective shots indicated by holes in thecorresponding registering areas of the target and visible through thegauge when the gauge is superposed upon the target.

2. A small arms target having a figure indicated thereon and providedwith registering means, in combination with a transparent scoring gaugeto be superposed over said target for obtaining the score and providedwith registering means to cooperate with the registering means of saidtarget, said gauge having indicated thereona series of lines marking offareas of said target and so placed on the gauge as to be disposed inpredetermined relation to the figure on the target when said" means arein registry, and symbols appearing on the respective areas on saidgaugedenoting the values of the respective shots indicated by holes in thecorresponding areas of the target and visible through the gauge when thegauge is superposed upon the target.

3. A small arms target having a figure indicated thereon, said figurehaving areas marked off from each other, in combination with atransparent scoring gauge to be superposed over said target forobtaining the score, said gauge having indicated thereon a correspondingfigure of the same size, shape and outline, said figure on the gaugehaving corresponding areas marked on from each other and symbolsappearingv on gauge having indicated thereon outlined areas with symbolsappearing on the respective areas on said gauge denoting the values ofthe respective shots indicated by holes in the corresponding registeringareas of the target and visible through the gauge when the gauge issuperposed upon the target.

5. A small arms target having a figure indicated thereon, said figureshaving areas marked 01f from each other, in combination with atransparent scoring gauge and stencil to be superposed over said targetfor obtaining the score and for remarking the lines of the targetfigure,

said gauge having a plurality of interrupted narrow slots togetherdefining a figure of the same size, shape and outline as the figure onthe target, said figure on the gauge having corresponding areas markedoff from each other by slots as part of the stencil figiu'e and providedwith symbols appearing on the respective areas on said gauge denotingthe values of the respective shots indicated by holes in thecorresponding registering areas of the target figure and visible throughthe gauge when the gauge is superposed upon the target.

WILLIAM J. CHUIBB.

